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County: Jefferson

Chenoweth Massacre

Marker Number: 

992

Location: 

Jct. US 60/English Station Rd

One mile north. Scene of one of many Indian raids which plagued this area from time of earliest settlements to 1795. On July 17, 1789 Shawnees attacked the fort-springhouse built (1785) by one of Louisville's founders, Richard Chenoweth. Five were massacred-one, Bayless, burned at stake and Chenoweth's wife scalped; however, she survived and lived to age 80.

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